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Professor’s research links exercise, learning
There are no vending machines at Legacy Charter School in Greenville. The cafeteria doesn’t serve fried foods, and the new fitness center has rows of bikes, treadmills and weight machines. It’s all part of the...
Continue ReadingActive bodies, active minds
There are no vending machines at Legacy Charter School in Greenville. The cafeteria doesn’t serve fried foods, and the new fitness center has rows of bikes, treadmills and weight machines. It’s all part of the...
Continue ReadingThe power of play
Julian Reed of Furman’s health sciences department has been studying the link between physical activity and cognitive ability. He recently appeared on South Carolina Public Radio’s “Your Day” program to discuss the value of play...
Continue ReadingProfessor Reed presents research at CDC event
Furman professor Julian Reed discussed the research from his ongoing study of fitness and cognitive achievement by Legacy Charter School students during a recent event hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and the National...
Continue ReadingProfessor Reed studies the Swamp Rabbit Trail
Health sciences professor Julian Reed has spent the past year studying the use of the Greenville Hospital System Swamp Rabbit Trail, a 17.5 mile multi-use trail system that runs along the Reedy River connecting Travelers...
Continue ReadingProfessor Julian Reed’s research finds link between physical fitness and ability to learn
Julian Reed, a health science professor at Furman, has been conducting an ongoing study at Charter Legacy School in Greenville that examines whether there is a link between physical fitness and the ability to learn....
Continue ReadingFirst class of White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows selected
JULY 10, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer Fifteen leaders in the afterschool and expanded learning fields nationwide have been selected as White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows as part of a partnership between The Riley Institute at...
Continue ReadingJudging parents: Furman’s mock trial program and its enthusiastic parent support
At Furman, mock trial is serious business. The university’s program joined the American Mock Trial Association in 1995 and regularly competes (and often wins) against teams like Harvard, Davidson, and Chicago. With four or five...
Continue ReadingAlums join choir on Today Show
Two graduates of the Furman music program—Knox Sutterfield ’12 and Paul Thomas ‘11—were in the choir last Friday for a special performance on NBC’s “Today Show.” The 3Penny Chorus and Orchestra performed a classical take...
Continue ReadingEducation department news, Fall 2012
Seven education majors joined professors George Lipscomb and Shirley Ritter for a presentation titled “What’s Happening in Elementary Schools in New Zealand” September 29 at the South Carolina Council for the Social Studies conference in...
Continue ReadingMore of the same in education?
South Carolina has devoted a tremendous amount of time and public funding in the past three decades to the accountability movement in education. Now the state has declared education still lacking and thus proposes a...
Continue ReadingCharter schools needs a thorough examination
There is a new report calling for South Carolina to increase the state’s investment in charter schools. But Furman education professor Paul Thomas says the state needs to consider such a move carefully. In an op-ed for The...
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